Were it not free and winding up (for the most part) on my sidewalk – though it has wound up in the bushes and once actually on the roof – I’d cancel my subscription to the Reporter.

It’s not the writing ability of the staff, it’s more a case of the paper almost coming off as a National Lampoon magazine parody at times.

“Pothole” Pete Lewis in his numerous and well-documented ribbon cuttings, the ongoing question of the Auburn Way/SR 18 median. Really, is this and the doubtless life-altering mental and/or visual damage it does to “thousands” of peoples headed toward the casino or on their way home something that should be occupying the thoughts and energies of certain elected officials and an amazing amount of newspaper column inches more than a pathetically barren downtown?

Born and raised in Auburn, that is something that truly is “More Than I imagined.” The most recent prize-winner, though, was giving Cy Sun space on the editorial page. If we’re shooting for the image of Andy, Barney, Goober and Mayberry in the image conjured of what was once known as “Little Detroit of the West,” we appear to be well on our way.

– Bob Eberlein